A Journey Through Breast Cancer | By Kathy Baum

First Meeting With a Surgeon

My cancer is just at the borderline between lumpectomy, which has 7% of chance of coming back, and mastectomy, which has 1% of chance of coming back–said a surgeon. Because of my concern of the tumor in the left lymph nodes and I have a preference of neochemo, she said she would refer me to an oncologist finally! According to her, we have a 6 week window.